The magical community called it the [Straw's Affair]. An international, interstellar and interdimensional incident that occurred from August 201X to [-classified-]. It sparked the [Underworld Schism], the [Conflict of Three Queens], the [Unsealing of the Unclosing Eye], the [Twilight of the Gods] and the infamous [Representatorial Selection of Supreme Magus] (to name a few).

It was a time of mysterious phenomena and a time wrought in chaos. Heck, even an Eternal and a Celestial got involved at one point. But alas we're getting ahead of ourselves.

On August 27, 201X in Manhattan, New York, at precisely 3:16AM, all magically competent sentient beings within the dimension sensed it.

After all, it was no small feat for a tear in reality to appear out of nowhere.

Asgard's Heimdall sent an urgent report to Odin that there was an odd [Anomaly] that appeared in Midgard.

Mephisto, Blackheart, Daimon Hellstorm's father, Nightcrawler's father, and other demons sensed that a new titan had appeared from the tear. More than one smiled in anticipation at the inevitable chaos that would happen thanks to the demon's appearance.

The Hand wandered if all their human sacrifices have finally bore fruit.

The Hellfire Club sparked a little dispute between the white and black side regarding how to approach this new player. It was intense because Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw would be spearheaded the conflict against each other, after all.

Jean Grey's pleasant dream shifted into that of a distressed phoenix–or a red burning turkey.

Ororo Munroe prophetically dreamt about wearing a sentient cloak.

Nightcrawler dreamt of a guy who looked… just like him, except haughtier and with red skin.

In Kamar-Taj halfway across the globe the Ancient One, Karl Mordo, magic noob Stephen Strange and other disciples stopped what they were doing. There appeared a huge spike of demonic energy. Naturally, Karl Mordo volunteered to investigate but not alone: the Ancient One went with him.

Speaking of Daimon Hellstorm, he made an emergency call to Johnny Blaze and ask if he had something to do with all this demonic energy but the [Spirit of Vengeance] merely denied it.

Doctor Voodoo initially thought that a god had appeared. Actually thought it was Anansi, but no, not really.

Nina Price and Lilith Drake, on the other hand, simply wondered if the other was up to no good.

Megan Gwynn woke up feeling like someone splashed ice-cold water on her face, goosebumps all over her body. Her mother feared for Megan's safety and would thus enlist a small but reliable number of bodyguards to ensure that her daughter remained safe in New York before calling Agatha Harkness.

Nico Minoru and Billy Kaplan felt a stir in the air. It persisted for hours.

Wanda Maximoff was jumpy because the energies all around seemed to be too excited about something.

Ian McNee naturally consulted his [First Tarot] and found out that there was a new player in the dimension.

[Mirajane "The Demon" Strauss
Arcana: the Devil (1/3)]

But it was hard to believe considering the picture shown in the First Tarot was one of Mirajane's front cover photos for Sorcerer Magazine's summer edition at the height of her modeling career.

He summed it up as [Magic] still being broken since the First Tarot showed a tactless pin-up photo of a buxom woman with platinum hair with the words 'Satan Soul' written in bold letters.